# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teddy-hill
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:16:01.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teddy-hill"
name: "Teddy Hill"
slug: "teddy-hill"
description: "Teddy Hill was an American big band leader and the manager of Minton's Playhouse, a seminal jazz club in Harlem. He played a variety of instruments, including drums, clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone."
tagline: "American musician (1909–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thelonious_Monk%2C_Howard_McGhee%2C_Roy_Eldridge%2C_and_Teddy_Hill%2C_Minton's_Playhouse%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._Sept._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_06201).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-12-07"
deathDate: "1978-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.62
  momentum:             3.500939849624061
  historical:           7.679878666666666
  currentAttention:     7.936507936507936
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307398"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تيدي هيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تيدى هيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Hill"
    title: "Teddy Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Hill"
    title: "Teddy Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Hill"
    title: "Teddy Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Hill"
    title: "Teddy Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Hill"
    title: "Teddy Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bd05f3cc-5b52-4872-bb29-f4c979dfecf9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump